Sentences with phrase «on descent»

On the descent, the last step is the same wood as the ground level and I thought I was at the last step when I really had one more to go.

He has suggested that the Federal Court should be empowered to make a declaration about traditional ownership based on descent, and without needing to find continuous observance of laws and customs, or to make orders about particular uses of the land.

Whilst not necessarily being able to equate this to reaching the heady heights of Mont Ventoux or plummeting at speed on a descent into Bagnères - de-Luchon, this is the art of managing digital product development to enhance a user's experience and level of engagement with a website, app or other digital product.

Consequently, applications based on descent through the female line must always fail in cases where citizenship was dependent on the fact of registration under s 5 (1)(b).

You may recall back in December that we started on this descent into unprecedented lows known as the «race to zero».

For each nth SC, we compute the parameter [Tpre] n by using information on the descent and ascent times of the n − 3th and nth SCs, respectively.

That warming on descent also reduces the rate of temperature decline with height which suppresses convection from the surface so that the surface on the day side then warms more than it otherwise would have done and the surface on the night side cools less quickly than it otherwise would have done..

But while there have been no reported incidents involving members of the public, word now reaches us that the only person to have sustained an injury on their descent was a visiting health and safety officer from Tate Britain.

I probably wanted to spend my money on Descent for the Playstation, thinking that it looked «cool» or something.

If I didn't feel the need for caution and studied the environment like I did, it's likely I would have missed out on the subtle cues that spurred me downward on my descent.

You can even cycle to Puerto Maldonado from Cusco, which is a hard trek traversing incredible landscapes on a descent from Andes to Amazon.

On our descent, we stop to enjoy a horsedrawn sleigh ride in Grindelwald.

By all accounts, winter fat biking is the best new way to combine a great workout from the uphill climb with an adrenalin hit on the descent.

You may want to bring hiking poles to help out your knees on the descent.

Sliding down the volcanic sand in the darkness on the descent only added to the adventure.

It took about an hour and a half to make it back down, fighting the snow and the gale winds on our descent.

On descent back to Rose Bay our pilot points out the beautiful houses of the rich and famous that punctuate the area, before gently splashing back down to earth.

I hoped having a small child narrator would make such a horrifying premise original, involving, but also more bearable: his innocence would at least partly shield readers on their descent into the abyss.

«It delivers quicker acceleration in virtually all measures, more confidence when trailering up a steep grade, better engine braking on descent and more refined noise levels cruising on the highway.»

With those in place, you'll be able to climb mountains and stop decisively on the descent.

The manual shifts exhibited some slushiness, and seemed more suitable for controlling engine braking on a descent then snapping off changes on a track.

I'll sometimes downshift them to lay off the brakes on a descent, but that doesn't imply that one should / shouldn't do it.

For a complete absurdist take on the descent of schools into behavior - modification, see my Baby, Think it Over, an account of the attempt — short - lived, I hope — to thwart teen pregnancy by making 8th - graders carry computer - assisted babies around.

A late start on the descent puts the combined Adventure Consultants / Mountain Madness team on the south summit of Everest when the blizzard hits, stranding them overnight.

This is because the knees get in the way more on the descent than they do on the ascent.

Squatting with the kettlebell held in front of your body forces you to sit back more on the descent, improving the mechanics of your squat pattern.

Keep your head steady and inhale on the descent, and exhale on the ascent.

Avoid slamming your knee into the ground on the descent.

Push the bar off your chest as fast as possible, letting it go at the top.As you catch it on its descent, immediately move into the next rep by bringing the bar to your chest and exploding back up.

Once you have started your stopwatch, perform push - ups, trying to touch the box with your chest on each descent (maintain your range).

Men's Fitness called the 5 - mile Deep Step Trail one of its best 10 mountain biking trails in America, thanks to its grueling but non-technical climbs and its gentle turns on the descent.

You can avoid this by using a slightly narrower grip and keeping your elbows closer to your ribcage on the descent.

The results of our study on the conservation of the number of digits provides an important argument in the current controversy on the descent of birds from dinosaurs between developmental biologists and paleontologists.

It's a puzzle that members of the public will witness at close range thanks to JunoCam — a public outreach instrument modeled on the descent camera for Mars rover Curiosity.

The plan had been for Schiaparelli to send up to an orbiter a more detailed data set on the descent — with higher data sampling rates — once it had reached the ground, but the lander has not so far responded to «hailing» signals.

The tags, which travel with the animal on its descent to the clouds of shrimplike krill, measure the animal's speed, depth, orientation and the number of times it beats its tail; they then pop off and float to the surface, ready to be retrieved by pursuing biologists.

When that happens on the descent, the capsule shifts into an automatic corkscrew pattern, which puts a whopping 8 g's on the three astronauts stuffed inside.

It was not until 1871 that Darwin commented on The Descent of Man, on the origins of our own species.

On the descent I gave her some Plum Organic Just Pears which she sucked down, and kept her ears from popping.

BOB Sport Utility Duallie stroller has a padded handlebar, with the safety strap on the handlebar makes you feel comfortable when walking around, especially on the descent road.

On the descent, however, one of the men lost his footing and the whole party, roped together, fell 500 feet down a glacial slope.

However, I was given a good kick in the purge pants a few weeks ago when a heavy bag of petrified brown sugar toppled from the top shelf of «the baking cabinet,» breaking two spice jars and nearly knocking me out on its descent.

And class had to struggle hard against the stratification system of the ancien regime, which was based, not on money, but on descent and honor.

The levitical priesthood was entirely dependent on descent from Aaron, and such descent had to be proved and guaranteed; but there is no mention of any genealogy, of any father or mother of Melchizedek; the new priesthood therefore depends on personal power and quality and not on any family tree.

Where climbers on Everest run into serious life or death trouble is on the descent, when the Hillary Step is very crowded and the weather has changed for the worse.

«Very bumpy on descent.

She would grow a gap on the descents since she raced her full - suspension, and I'd close it on the climbs with my hard tail and Lauf fork.

would grow a gap on the descents since she raced her full - suspension, and I'd close it on the climbs with my hard tail and Lauf fork.

It even «sails» with the engine disengaged from the transmission on descents to improve its fuel consumption (which, at 11.4 L / 100 km for the NEDC and 259g / km of CO2, is frankly a bit indulgent, but then indulgence is the entire idea behind the car).

Not exact matches

Musk hasn't provided any additional details on exactly what a «giant party balloon» might entail, but has said that the balloon would have a shape that allows it to withstand the supersonic descent back to Earth, Space.com reports.